Personal growth takes conscious effort, dedication, and hard work. It’s not just about happiness but also has everything to do with finding fulfillment in every aspect of your life.
Whenever I think of personal growth, I think of different things. I aspire to see myself showing up holistically. But who am I kidding? Some things are easier said than done. It’s by the strength that God gives that I can do what I do.
Honestly, there are days I want to sit on the couch and binge on travel vlogs because it gives me the vibes to think of the possibilities. On other days, I am untouchable. My energy is from here to the Moon.
When I said investing in yourself takes conscious effort, I meant that your commitment to personal growth will be tested. It’s in those times that the why becomes stronger. We won’t be perfect at first. Might actually never get to perfection, but we shouldn’t be discouraged.
The benefits of being a better version of you are numerous. You are healthier, happier, and fulfilled and this trickles down to other parts of your life.
I have a full video below incase you prefer watching. I got you;)
Benefit 1: You get to see a resilience you never knew you had
From my own experience, before I started working on me, things could easily get to me and keep me down. Sometimes I would blame others for my hard times. Now I have come to realize the power lies in me.
Not to say hard times ended never to return after I discovered myself. It is really to say I have learned when to be subjective and objective.
I am learning not to allow things to keep me down because I have the ability to rise above life hurdles. And so do you my friend!
I am learning to push myself to the level I can manage and let go of what is out of my control.
Resilience is showing up and pushing through difficult moments or even being able to rise again when you have been knocked down a hole.
Benefit 2: It improves how you relate with people.
While on the journey of personal growth, you come across topics like emotional intelligence; which is understanding your own emotions and the emotions of those around you and knowing how to manage them.
I have a whole video on emotional intelligence, you can check it out here.
Once you understand yourself, you know what conversations to engage in and those that are not worth your time. And that is not pride it’s wisdom. You understand that not everything needs your reaction and that’s okay.
Probably your circle also changes organically. This is normally because you gravitate towards like-minded people.
Still on this topic, you might find you have different people around you for different things, for example: if I need books to read, I go to person A, If I need career advice, I go to person B, if I want someone to hear me out when I’m stressed, I go to person C and so on.
This point makes me think of friendships and the value of friendships; friends that you can go to for anything, that is such a big blessing. Never take that for granted.
You learn to state your boundaries clearly. This is one of those that I struggled with, not to say I have it hacked now, it’s still a work in progress. Self-work helps you learn what you can take or not take and somehow it gives you a voice to speak it up.
I am almost sure the reason why these things become so clear is because personal growth involves taking stock of self.
You get to ask yourself a lot of questions, you know: what pisses me off? How do I respond to emotions of anger, anxiety, fear, or others? What value do I bring to this friendship? Is it serving me? Why did I respond that way? Should I even have responded at all?
This is all part of personal growth and self-work.
Maybe you were a little passive previously and now you have to pay attention to things because you know they have an implication on how you turn out.
Benefit 3: It opens doors of connections and networks
I am convinced beyond any shadow of a doubt that you cannot work on yourself and miss out on good opportunities and networks. Of course, this is not the only thing that gets you the right networks.
All I’m saying is no self-work goes unrewarded. There is no way you begin to work against a poverty mentality and remain poor.
There is no way you get your physical health and diet right and lifestyle diseases attack you.
There is no way you read self-help books and remain the same.
There is no way you change your perspective on life to see it positively and fail to meet people with a like mind that will act as destiny shapers for you.
You get what I’m saying??
Benefit 4: You catch yourself when you are being an a$$
As we have established, personal growth causes a lot of personal stock-taking. You become so self-aware that you can detect anything working against who you have become.
The thing with being passive is you might be pissing everyone around you with your mean responses and never notice it. Then you pin it on people that they don’t like you and play victim for as long as that goes on.
Personal growth gets you so in touch with yourself to the point where you notice when you pick up new habits or when slipping into old ones.
You guys this is the best investment you can have for yourself, I’m not even joking!!
